2007–08 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

2007–08 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
2007–08 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Conference	Big 12
	North
Record	16–16 (6–10 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Anderson;
Assistant coaches	Melvin Watkins; Matt Zimmerman; T.J. Cleveland;
Home arena	Mizzou Arena
	Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Mike Anderson, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games in the Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri.

2007–08 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Texas	13	–	3	.813	31	–	7	.816
No. 4 Kansas †	13	–	3	.813	37	–	3	.925
Kansas State	10	–	6	.625	21	–	12	.636
Oklahoma	9	–	7	.563	23	–	12	.657
Baylor	9	–	7	.563	21	–	11	.656
Texas A&M	8	–	8	.500	25	–	11	.694
Nebraska	7	–	9	.438	20	–	13	.606
Texas Tech	7	–	9	.438	16	–	15	.516
Oklahoma State	7	–	9	.438	17	–	16	.515
Missouri	6	–	10	.375	16	–	16	.500
Iowa State	4	–	12	.250	14	–	18	.438
Colorado	3	–	13	.188	12	–	20	.375

† 2008 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

Pre-season

With Missouri returning four starters and eleven scholarship players from a team that surprised many by winning 18 games in head coach Mike Anderson's first year with the team, expectations were running high for the Tigers in 2007. Among the returners was the 2007 Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year Stefhon Hannah. In addition, the Tigers welcomed newcomer DeMarre Carroll as a transfer from Vanderbilt. Carroll was named the Big 12's Preseason Newcomer of the Year. With all of this in mind, the Big 12 coaches selected Missouri fifth in the Big 12 preseason poll.^[2]

The Tigers played two preseason games in 2007. The first was against the University of Missouri–St. Louis, winning this game 78–51. The second of their two preseason games was against Missouri Western State University. They won this game by a score of 113–55.

Recruiting

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Preseason
November 3, 2007 3:06 pm	Missouri-St. Louis	W 78–51		Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
November 8, 2007 7:00 pm	Missouri Western	W 113–55		Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 12, 2007* 7:06 pm	Central Michigan CBE Classic 1st Round	W 87–76	1–0	Mizzou Arena (5,042) Columbia, MO
November 13, 2007* 7:06 pm	Fordham CBE Classic 2nd Round	W 79–55	2–0	Mizzou Arena (5,076) Columbia, MO
November 16, 2007* 7:06 pm	Southern	W 95–50	3–0	Mizzou Arena (5,287) Columbia, MO
November 19, 2007* 8:20 pm	vs. No. 10 Michigan State CBE Classic Semi-Finals	L 83–86	3–1	Sprint Center (18,022) Kansas City, Missouri
November 20, 2007* 6:47 pm	vs. Maryland CBE Classic Consolation Game	W 84–70	4–1	Sprint Center (16,737) Kansas City, Missouri
November 25, 2007* 1:06 pm	Western Illinois	W 91–52	5–1	Mizzou Arena (4,665) Columbia, MO
November 28, 2007* 7:05 pm	at Arkansas	L 91–94	5–2	Bud Walton Arena (18,621) Fayetteville, AR
December 1, 2007* 8:00 pm, FSN	at California	L 72–86	5–3	Haas Pavilion (7,115) Berkeley, CA
December 8, 2007* 3:05 pm, ESPN2	Purdue	W 73–63	6–3	Mizzou Arena (7,699) Columbia, MO
December 15, 2007* 7:05 pm	McNeese State	W 81–44	7–3	Mizzou Arena (4,144) Columbia, MO
December 17, 2007* 7:05 pm	North Carolina A&T	W 94–66	8–3	Mizzou Arena (5,047) Columbia, MO
December 22, 2007* 7:30 pm, ESPN2	vs. Illinois Busch Braggin’ Rights Game	L 58–59	8–4	Scottrade Center (21,941) St. Louis, MO
December 27, 2007* 7:06 pm	Coppin St.	W 72–38	9–4	Mizzou Arena (6,565) Columbia, MO
December 29, 2007* 12:30 pm	at Mississippi St.	L 75–87	9–5	Humphrey Coliseum (8,249) Starkville, MS
January 8, 2008* 7:06 pm	Missouri–Kansas City	W 96–76	10–5	Mizzou Arena (5.656) Columbia, MO
Big 12 Regular Season
January 12, 2008 12:47 pm, ESPN+	No. 12 Texas	W 97–84	11–5 (1–0)	Mizzou Arena (13,085) Columbia, MO
January 16, 2008 7:00 pm	at Iowa State	L 67–72	11–6 (1–1)	Hilton Coliseum (12,503) Ames, IA
January 19, 2008 7:02 pm, ESPNU	No. 3 Kansas	L 70–76	11–7 (1–2)	Mizzou Arena (15,061) Columbia, MO
January 23, 2008 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Texas Tech	L 84–92	11–8 (1–3)	United Spirit Arena (7,317) Lubbock, TX
January 26, 2008 2:01 pm, ESPN+	at Colorado	W 66–62	12–8 (2–3)	Coors Events Center (5,257) Boulder, CO
January 30, 2008 7:05 pm	Nebraska	L 62–66	12–9 (2–4)	Mizzou Arena (8,660) Columbia, MO
February 2, 2008 12:47 pm, ESPN+	No. 22 Kansas State	W 77–74	13–9 (3–4)	Mizzou Arena (12,229) Columbia, MO
February 4, 2008 8:05 pm, ESPN	at No. 4 Kansas	L 71–90	13–10 (3–5)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
February 9, 2008 12:47 pm, ESPN+	No. 18 Texas A&M	L 69–77	13–11 (3–6)	Mizzou Arena (12,742) Columbia, MO
February 13, 2008 7:05 pm	at Nebraska	W 86–78	14–11 (4–6)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (10,108) Lincoln, NE
February 16, 2008 5:05 pm, ESPN+	at No. 18 Kansas State	L 63–100	14–12 (4–7)	Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) Manhattan, KS
February 23, 2008 7:06 pm	Colorado	W 60–53	15–12 (5–7)	Mizzou Arena (10,686) Columbia, MO
February 26, 2008 8:05 pm, ESPNU	Oklahoma State	L 73–75	15–13 (5–8)	Mizzou Arena (7,692) Columbia, MO
March 1, 2008 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at Baylor	L 89–100	15–14 (5–9)	Ferrell Center (8,220) Waco, Texas
March 5, 2008 7:05 pm, ESPN+	Iowa State	W 81–75	16–14 (6–9)	Mizzou Arena (7,691) Columbia, MO
March 8, 2008 2:30 pm, ABC	at Oklahoma	L 66–75	16–15 (6–10)	Lloyd Noble Center (12,305) Norman, OK
Big 12 Tournament
March 13, 2008 6:07 pm, ESPN	vs. Nebraska First Round	L 56–61	16–16	Sprint Center (18,758) Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town
DeMarre Carroll	1	Forward	6–8	225	JR	Birmingham, Alabama
Keon Lawrence	2	Guard	6–2	175	SO	Newark, New Jersey
Stefhon Hannah	3	Guard	6–1	175	SR	Chicago, Illinois
J.T. Tiller	4	Guard	6–3	187	SO	Marietta, Georgia
Leo Lyons	5	Forward	6–9	240	JR	Kansas City, Kansas
Nick Berardini	10	Guard	6–1	190	SR	Lake Forest, Illinois
Jason Horton	12	Guard	6–2	190	SR	Dallas, Texas
Michael Anderson Jr.	13	Guard	5–11	180	SR	Birmingham, Alabama
Marshall Brown	15	Forward	6–6	220	SR	Austin, Texas
Justin Safford	23	Forward	6–8	225	FR	Bloomington, Illinois
Vaidotas Volkus	32	Forward	6–8	220	SR	Panevėžys, Lithuania
Matt Lawrence	33	Guard	6–7	203	JR	Wildwood, Missouri
Darryl Butterfield	35	Center	6–7	225	SR	Miami, Florida

Final Season statistics

Player	GP-GS	Min/G	FG%	3PT%	FT%	R/G	A/G	STL	BLK	PTS/G
Stefhon Hannah	20–19	28.1	.430	.385	.758	3.0	5.3	38	2	14.7
Leo Lyons	31–21	22.1	.583	.077	.640	5.7	1.7	22	21	13.1
DeMarre Carroll	32–30	25.3	.536	.176	.612	6.7	1.3	36	21	13.0
Keon Lawrence	32–20	29.2	.433	.349	.758	3.3	2.4	29	16	11.0
Matt Lawrence	32–31	26.1	.369	.348	.913	2.9	0.9	25	5	8.8
J.T. Tiller	32–12	19.7	.441	.267	.788	2.3	1.8	26	8	6.8
Marshall Brown	31–3	13.1	.409	.386	.625	1.9	0.9	14	9	4.5
Darryl Butterfield	30–1	14.2	.402	.308	.611	2.0	0.6	19	1	4.0
Jason Horton	29–13	23.0	.357	.216	.786	1.9	3.2	35	0	3.8
Justin Safford	24–0	8.9	.400	.368	.538	2.2	0.6	8	8	2.3
Vaidotas Volkus	28–10	8.0	.442	.000	.778	1.6	0.2	3	6	3.1
Nick Berardini	8–0	1.5	.600	.600	.000	0.3	0.3	1	0	1.1
Michael Anderson, Jr.	16–0	4.6	.286	.200	.000	0.1	0.4	3	0	0.3

starters in bold (Determined as five players with most starts)

References

^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ Mizzou Basketball Picked Fifth in Big 12 Preseason Poll

[Standings-1] "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[2] Mizzou Basketball Picked Fifth in Big 12 Preseason Poll

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